[Harp-L] Shout out to David Naiditch

[David Naiditch]

Hi Richard,  
I know about the Barcelona Bluegrass Band and their harmonica player Joan Pau Cumellas.  We exchanged our CDs years ago. Thanks for this great story.  Yes, I'm still working to make the world of bluegrass safe for the chromatic harmonica.  In fact, I recently found out that a tune from my "Bluegrass in the Backwoods" CD, Old Dangerfield, got on the Global Radio Showcase Bluegrass Volume 2 compilation.  I'm also working on a new bluegrass/swing CD that will be coming out early next year.

On Nov 12, 2016, at 12:33 PM, Richard Hunter wrote:

> I was in Barcelona this week, and I went to a small saloon called Astrolabi
> to sit in with Joan Pau Ruiz Camullas, whose banjo player from the
> Barcelona Bluegrass Band was playing that night.  It turned out that the
> club was booked until 9:30 for a banjo workshop hosted by one Ron Cody (
> http://roncody.com/), who along with mandolist Jesse Brolin supports
> singer/songwriter Caroline Cotter on tour.  Cotter and band were in town to
> play at the Barcelona Bluegrass Festival the next day.
> 
> I sat down to check out the workshop, which was certainly new and
> different; can't remember the last time I was in a small room with ten
> banjo players.  Anyway, after the workshop I talked to Cody, and when I
> told him I played the harmonica he brought up David Naiditch, whose
> bluegrass chromatic harmonica stylings he obviously considered to be
> impressive.
> 
> So David, keep doing what you're doing to make the world of bluegrass safe
> for chromatic harmonica.
> 
> Regards, Richard Hunter
> 
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